...people of England." In one or other form it had been popular on both sides of the Border. "Ben Jonson used to say he had rather have been the author of it than of all his works[?J. Sir Philip Sidney, in his Defence of Poesie, speaks of it in the following words : ' I never...

...these ballads by far the most popular is Chevy Chase. Ben Jonson is reported to have said "her would rather have been the author of it than of all his works." Sir Philip Sidney, in his Defence of Poesy, says : "I never heard the old song of Percie and Douglas, that I found not my heart...

...Chevy-Chase," says Addison, "is the favourite ballad of the common people of England ; " and Ben Jonson used to say he had rather have been the author of it than of all his works. Sir Philip Sydney, in his Discourse of Poetry, speaks of it in the following words : " I never heard the old song...

...the heavens in singing the lauds of the immortal God ? Certainly I must confess my own barbarousness. I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet ; and yet it is sung hut by some blind crowder, with no rougher voice...

...t'henj-Chase, of which Sir Philip Sidney wrote: " Certainly 1 must confess mine own barbaroushess, I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet: and yet it is sung but by som blind crowder, with no rougher voice...

...was the ballad to which Sir Philip Sidney referred, when he exclaimed, in his "Defence of Poetry," " I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet." How much more must these stirring strains have moved the hearts of...

...Addison, " is the favourite ballad of the common people of England ; and Ben Jonson used to say that he had rather have been the author of it than of all his works." The ballad, without being historical, may have had some foundation in fact. The law of the marches...

...Addison, "is the favourite ballad of the common people of England ; and Ben Jonson used to say that he had rather have been the author of it than of all his works." The ballad, without being historical, may have had some foundation in fact. The law of the marches...

...old Song of ' Chevey Chase ' is the favorite Ballad of the common People of England ; and Ben Johnson used to say he had rather have been the Author of it than of all his Works." Then Addison quotes what Sir Philip Sidney said about it in his " Defence of Poesy," and goes on :...

...old Song of ' Chcvey Chase ' is the favorite Ballad of the common People of England ; and Ben Johnson used to say he had rather have been the Author of it than of all his Works." Then Addison quotes what Sir Philip Sidney said about it in his " Defence of Poesy," and goes on :...